Thessaloniki is also famous for its food markets. Modiano is the biggest food market in the city and it is well-known all over Europe. Next to Modiano are many flower shops that give a special colour to the area, and the Turkish old baths Giahoudi Hamam.
Major shopping areas are: Tsimiski, Venizelou, Agias Sofias, Ermou, Mitropoleos, Egnatia and M. Iossif St.
Within Modiano there are small taverns, coffee shops, places where ouzo is served, and where a lot of artists often go.
Other traditional markets are those of Vlali, kapani, Agora Solomou, and Vardaris, a rather bad-famed area. In stoa Karasso (Karasso Arcade) and Bezesteni women may buy real or fake jewellery, and innumerable little fashionable objects. A few blocks away, in Coppersmith's street, there is a great number of coppersmith 's shops. The eastern influence is clearly manifested in such places.

Open Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays: 8:30-2:30
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: 8:30-1:30 and 5:30-8:30